6-Social-Studies-December

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Grade: Sixth Grade Social Studies

Month: December

Main Concept

  • Governments and Economies
  • Looking at Regions

Guiding Questions

  • How do democracies and market economies affect how people live?
  • How would your life be different if the government chose which products you could buy?
  • Why do geopgraphers divide Earth into regions?
  • What are some features that make different regions unique?

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Key Terms


Governments and Economies: democracy, majority rule, right, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, industry, developed country

Looking at Regions: border, empire, colony, subregion, cultural region.

Suggestions: Vocabulary words can be given as an introduction to each topic, or it can be given as homework after the introduction of each topic.

Holidays

  • Wright Brothers Day - December 17th
  • First Day of Winter - December 21st
  • Christmas - December 25th
  • New Years Eve - December 31st.

Student Outcomes

  • Students will differentiate among traditional, market, and command economies.
  • Students will describe charactereistics of limited and unlimited governments.
  • Students will explain how citizens participate in and influence the political process in contemporary societies.
  • Students will be able to answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns for world regions and countries.
  • Students will be able to find the similarities and differences among selected world societies.
  • Students will be able to define culture and cultural region.



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